It’s that time of year again when the season for west coast spot prawns begins. Spot prawns are the largest of the 7 commercial species of shrimp found in Canada’s west coast waters known for their sweet, delicate flavour and firm texture. B.C’s first shipment of these succulent beauties hits the docks on May the 6th and Executive Chef Robert Clark of C Restaurant is slated to get the first shipment.

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The Fish House in Stanley Park (image: www.fishhousestanleypark.com)

The Fish House in Stanley Park
8901 Stanley Park Drive
Vancouver, BC
Toll Free: 1-877-681-7275
Tel: (604) 681-7275
8901
E-mail : info@fishhousestanleypark.com

I’ve always thought of The Fish House in Stanley Park as “one of those tourist destinations”. You know, every city has them - a place in a prominent city landmark destination that doesn’t have to be particularly good because tourists are going to flock there because of the destination. And Stanley Park is definitely a hot tourist destination.

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The Sandbar Seafood Restaurant
1535 Johnston Street, Granville Island
Vancouver, BC, V6H 3R9
T: 604.669.9030
F: 604.669.9033

*1 Star (out of a possible 4)

Looking For Brunch In All The Wrong Places

It’s not easy finding a good traditional style brunch spot. Sure, there are lots of restaurants open between 11 and 2 on the weekends. They say they have brunch because of the time-slot but they don’t have a traditional brunch menu. On a recent outing of the brunch crew it took 3 times before we could locate a restaurant with a proper brunch. At least we thought we had located one.

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Kirin Seafood Restaurant
(604) 303-8833 – Richmond
(604) 879-8038 – Cambie Street
(604) 944-8833 – Coquitlam
(604) 682-8833 – Downtown Vancouver
Address: See Maps
Homepage
Back to Basics: Upscale Cantonese
a Quick Bite
By Y. Zhang
a special to Eat Vancouver
As is common knowledge, Vancouver has tons of Chinese restaurants representing several regional Chinese cuisines. So with all of the focus on Shanghai, Sichuan and [...]

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The Fish House in Stanley Park

Address: 8901 Stanley Park Drive (map)
Tel: 1-877-681-7275 or 604-681-7275
Homepage
Hours:
Lunch - Monday to Saturday from 11:30am
Dinner - Seven days a week from 5:00pm
Sunday Brunch - from 11:00am
Afternoon Tea - Seven days a week from 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Fresh Catch from the Forest
By Desmond Cheung
Eat Vancouver Columnist Emeritus
Sunday February, 18th 2007
*** 1/2 [...]

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Nu
Address: 1661 Granville St (map)
Phone: 604-646-4668
homepage
Quick Bite: Nu’s Worthy Jazz Brunch
By Jason Chin and Desmond Cheung
Food Writers
I love brunch as an opportunity to try a restaurant that might be slightly out of my price range. It’s also a great meal, situated such that one can wake up late, enjoy a big [...]

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Go Fish
Address: 1505 West 1st Avenue
Tel: 604-730-5039
Hours:
vary by season
Bigger Fish to Fry
By Jason
Eat Vancouver Editor
Friday, November 11th, 2005
** (of four stars)
I expected a town like Vancouver to contain more destinations for decent fish and chips. I’m not exactly certain why I thought that, maybe it’s because the city is overrun with sushi restaurants and, [...]

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